Llama 4 Maverick vs Yi-Lightning benchmark

Yi-Lightning1,475

Coding Elo+28

Llama 4 Maverick1,452

Yi-Lightning1,480

LiveBench+2.2%

Llama 4 Maverick62.8%

Yi-Lightning65%

SWE-bench+6.3%

Llama 4 Maverick57.1%

Yi-Lightning63.4%

GPQA Diamond+3.4%

Llama 4 Maverick74.6%

Yi-Lightning78%

Time to first token+20 ms

Llama 4 Maverick170 ms

Yi-Lightning150 ms

Output speed

Llama 4 Maverick130 tok/s

Yi-Lightning130 tok/s

Input price+$0.06/1M

Llama 4 Maverick$0.2/1M

Yi-Lightning$0.14/1M

Output price+$0.66/1M

Llama 4 Maverick$0.8/1M

Yi-Lightning$0.14/1M

Context window+1M

Llama 4 Maverick1M

Yi-Lightning16k

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Benchmark	Llama 4 Maverick	Yi-Lightning	Advantage Delta
Preference Elo	1,468 lmarena · Aug 17, 2026	1,475 lmarena · Aug 17, 2026	+7
Coding Elo	1,452 lmarena · Aug 17, 2026	1,480 lmarena · Aug 17, 2026	+28
LiveBench	62.8% livebench · Aug 17, 2026	65% livebench · Aug 17, 2026	+2.2%
SWE-bench	57.1% swebench · Aug 17, 2026	63.4% swebench · Aug 17, 2026	+6.3%
GPQA Diamond	74.6% seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	78% seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	+3.4%
Time to first token	170 ms seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	150 ms seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	+20 ms
Output speed	130 tok/s seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	130 tok/s seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	—
Input price	$0.2/1M openrouter · Aug 17, 2026	$0.14/1M seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	+$0.06/1M
Output price	$0.8/1M openrouter · Aug 17, 2026	$0.14/1M seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	+$0.66/1M
Context window	1M openrouter · Aug 17, 2026	16k seed-bootstrap · Aug 1, 2026	+1M

Interactive Simulator (USD)

Workload Cost & Savings Calculator

Simulate monthly production API costs in USD (US Dollar).

Save up to 63% with Yi-Lightning

Monthly Volume50M tokens/mo

Quick Presets:

Token Ratio (In vs Out)70% In / 30% Out

RAG / Search (10% out)Coding / Chat (50% out)

Llama 4 Maverick$19.00 / mo

In: $7Out: $12

Yi-Lightning$7.00 / mo

In: $4.9Out: $2.1

Estimated Cost Delta

Yi-Lightning is estimated to save $12.00/month ($144/year).

Based on 50M tokens (30% gen)

Key Selection Recommendations

1
Yi-Lightning:Pick Yi-Lightning when repo-level coding accuracy is the constraint.
2
Yi-Lightning:Pick Yi-Lightning when time-to-first-token matters more than peak Elo.
3
Llama 4 Maverick:Pick Llama 4 Maverick for million-token RAG or long-document jobs.

Recommended Workload Routing

Repo / coding agentsYi-Lightning

Higher SWE-bench (63.4%).

High-volume chatYi-Lightning

Lower output list price ($0.14/1M).

Voice / low-latency UIYi-Lightning

Lower TTFT (150 ms).

Long-document RAGLlama 4 Maverick

Larger window (1M).

Screenshots / visionLlama 4 Maverick

Llama 4 Maverick is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Target Workload	Recommended Pick	Evaluation Rationale
Repo / coding agents	Yi-Lightning	Higher SWE-bench (63.4%).
High-volume chat	Yi-Lightning	Lower output list price ($0.14/1M).
Voice / low-latency UI	Yi-Lightning	Lower TTFT (150 ms).
Long-document RAG	Llama 4 Maverick	Larger window (1M).
Screenshots / vision	Llama 4 Maverick	Llama 4 Maverick is the side marked multimodal in the catalog.

Related Editorial Dispatches & Benchmark Notes

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Llama 4 Maverick: Meta’s natively multimodal open-weight flagship

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Dec 2024 instruct 70B. Still a self-host baseline. Llama 4 is the 2026 buy.

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LIVE BENCHMARK

Llama 4 Maverick

Elo 1,468

SWE-bench57.1%

Speed (tok/s)130 tok/s

Input / 1M Tokens$0.2/1M

Output / 1M Tokens$0.8/1M

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Yi-Lightning

Elo 1,475

SWE-bench63.4%

Speed (tok/s)130 tok/s

Input / 1M Tokens$0.14/1M

Output / 1M Tokens$0.14/1M

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better overall, Llama 4 Maverick or Yi-Lightning?: Yi-Lightning has the higher preference Elo in our latest snapshot (1,475). “Better” still depends on coding, price, and latency — see the table.
Which is better at coding, Llama 4 Maverick or Yi-Lightning?: Yi-Lightning leads SWE-bench at 63.4% vs 57.1%. SWE-bench is one harness, not your repo.
Which is cheaper to run in production?: Yi-Lightning output tokens are $0.14/1M versus $0.8/1M. Input prices and retry rates still move the real bill.
Which is faster, Llama 4 Maverick or Yi-Lightning?: Yi-Lightning has the lower time-to-first-token (150 ms vs 170 ms). Tokens/sec is a separate column if you care about long completions.
Which has the larger context window?: Llama 4 Maverick accepts 1M tokens versus 16k.
Can I self-host either model?: Llama 4 Maverick is marked open-weights in our catalog. The other side is a closed API. Check the provider license before you ship weights.
Are these scores from CompareLLM’s own evals?: No. V1 aggregates public leaderboards (and optional first-party latency pings). Each cell names its source and date. Read /methodology.
What does preference Elo mean on this page?: Preference Elo is a crowd vote from LMArena / Arena. People see two hidden answers and pick the one they like more. The model that wins more often gets a higher Elo. That means people preferred it — not that it passed a school test. It is not SWE-bench, not accuracy, and not a number we invent. Llama 4 Maverick and Yi-Lightning Elo cells are dated snapshots from the named source — we do not compute Arena ourselves.

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Benchmark

Llama 4 Maverick

Yi-Lightning

Advantage Delta

Preference Elo

1,468

1,475

Coding Elo

1,452

1,480

+28

LiveBench

62.8%

65%

+2.2%

SWE-bench

57.1%

63.4%

+6.3%

GPQA Diamond

74.6%

78%

+3.4%

Time to first token

170 ms

150 ms

+20 ms

Output speed

130 tok/s

130 tok/s

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Input price

$0.2/1M

$0.14/1M

+$0.06/1M

Output price

$0.8/1M

$0.14/1M

+$0.66/1M

Context window

16k